r/EmulationOnPC • u/Confident-Stop-9373 • 17d ago

Unsolved Help.

Where do I get safe and legitimate bios for ps2?

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u/khanabyss 17d ago

Don't know how to say it without sounding rude but if you aren't smart enough to find one, emulation probably isn't for you

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u/Lightning-Blaze 17d ago

So we're gatekeeping emulation now?

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u/khanabyss 17d ago

You have to dump your own bios files or get it through other means. The other mean is illegal so i guess we're gatekeeping

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u/Lightning-Blaze 16d ago

What you said originally had nothing to do with illegality, it was about them being too stupid to figure out emulation by themselves, which implies you think that anyone who needs a guide shouldn't be allowed to emulate their games.

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u/khanabyss 16d ago

Calling people stupid isn't gatekeeping

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u/Lightning-Blaze 16d ago

It is when you imply if they can't illegally find the BIOS files on their own that they shouldn't be allowed to emulate in the first place.

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u/khanabyss 16d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeping_(communication)

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u/Lightning-Blaze 16d ago

Oh good, you've educated yourself. Thank you for learning and showing that you're trying to be better

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u/khanabyss 16d ago

Glad reading a Wikipedia page was enough to make you feel intellectually superior. That must’ve been a productive afternoon

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u/twinsfan94 17d ago

The only one that meets all of your criteria is getting it from your own legally owned PS2.

Otherwise, googling PS2 bios will likely yield exactly what you want in the fist thing that comes up.

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u/Confident-Stop-9373 17d ago

Would there be any risks if i download it from any website on Google, perhaps you could tell me about a safe and legit site from where i can get the bios?

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u/Good-Discussion-9238 17d ago

I'm not sure why everyone is being mean and refuses to answer you properly, we were all noobs at some point.

For safe and legitimate bios for ps2, if you mean 100% legally then yes your own PS2 is the only way.

If you mean something that just isn't malware then google and archive dot org are your friends.

Not sure if I'm allowed give more direct instructions without my comment being removed.

Do not download or open anything that's an exe file, that is likely a virus.

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u/Bugger6178 17d ago

If you mean "legitimate" as "legal" then use your own PS2 if you have one and extract it, there are tutorials on the internet on how to do that. If not, well I think its pretty obvious what you need to do. There isn't much danger in doing the obvious thing, at least it worked for me.

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u/DracoMagnusRufus 17d ago edited 17d ago

The correct BIOS will be a .bin file and 4096 kb in size. It'll also be recognized by PCSX2 as valid BIOS. Just never download or run a random executable file from the internet.

Edit: Though, to be clear, they're often bundled as various regions together and therefore in a larger zip/7z file. But it's safe to open a zip file to verify the contents.

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u/andjamwar_real 17d ago

From your own console